Improvement in hame-tops



e. LATTA.

HAME-TOPV.

' Patented Nov. 23,1975.

N. PETERS, PHOTOLITHOGRAPHER, WASHINGTON, D. C.

UNITED S'I'ATES "PATENT OFFICE.-

EMMIT G. LATTA, OF FRIENDSHIP, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-FOURTH H IS RIGHT TOPRATT & LETOHWORTH, OF BUFFALO, NEW YORK.

IMPROVEMENT IN HAME-TOPS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. l 70, 176, datedNovember 23,1875; application filed September 22, 1875.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EMMIT G. LATTA, of Friendship, in the county ofAllegany and State of New York, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Heme-Tops,

which improvements are fully set forth in the following specification,reference being had to the accompanying drawing.

My invention relates to that class of wooden hames which are providedwith cast malleable tops 5 andthe invention consists in certainimprovements in the construction of such metallictops, as hereinaftermore particularly described.

In the accompanying drawing, Figure 1 is a side elevation, and Fig. 2afront elevation, of my improved hame-top. Fig. 3 is a vertical sectionthereof. Figs. 4 and 5 are sectional views of the two parts of thehame-top previous to securing the same together. Fig.

6 is a cross-section in line 00 00, Fig. 4. Fig 7 is a side elevation ofa slightly-modified form of myimproved hame-top. Fig. 8 is a side viewof the plate for covering the open side of the hame-top represented inFig. 7.

Like letters of reference refer to like parts in each of the figures.

A represents the wooden portion of the hame, made in the usual form, andB the metallic back-strap. The metallic top is cast of malleable metalin two pieces, the main piece 0 being cast open or of U-shapedcross-section, so that the pattern can be readily drawn from the sand,while the other portion, 0, consists of a plate of suitable form tocover or fit into the open side of the main portion 0 of the top. The.portion 0 is cast with a stop, D, resting upon the end of the woodenportion of the hame, as clearly shown in Fig.

- holes 01 d in the plate 0, and having shouldcrs formed at their base,upon which the plate 0 rests, so that by riveting the studs d d downupon the plate 0 the latter is firmly secured to the body 0 of the top.

The sides of the stop D are preferably cut away tofa greater or lessdepth, as represented in Fig. 6, so that the sides of the main portion Cof the top may be closed up to fit the plate 0 or the wooden portion ofthe hame, I r if either should be of less width than the portion 0.

E represents one or were raised loops, cast with the portion 0 of thetop at the lower end thereof, for the reception of the leathern hamesuchas balls, scrolls, or hat-shaped orna ments, as represented in thedrawings.

The body 0 of the top may be constructed so as to draw from the sandedgewise, leav- 4 ing the back of the body open, when it can be castwith the holes, through which pass the rivets, by which it is secured tothe wooden portion of the hame, as shown in Figs. 1, 6, on the castingmay be drawn sidewise, as represented in Fig. 7, when these holes haveto be drilled or punched. In either case the cast-v ings draw readilyfrom the sand, dispensing entirely with the use of cores, whereby thecost of manufacture is greatly reduced, and

a larger percentage of perfect castings obtained.

After the plate 0 is secured to the body 0 the top is tinned or plated,whereby the joints are concealed, giving the top the appearance of asolid casting.

What I claim as my invention is- 1. The combination, with the. body 0 ofthe harne top, cast of malleable metal, with the stop D and studs 01 clforming rivets, of plate 0 for covering the open side of the body 0,substantially as hereinbefore set forth.

2. The combination, with the plate 0 and body 0, of the stop D, castwith the latter and-having its sides cut away to permit the the sides ofthe portionU to be closed or contraoted, as hereinbefore set forth.

3. In combination with the body A the hollow'cast-metal hame-top O,provide'cl' with the raised loop or loops E, castin one piece therewith,snb'sta'nt'ially as and for the purposes herinb'efor'e set forth.

EMMI'I G. LATTA. Witnesses:

S. P. MoRsE,

W. A. WILCOX.

